Why is the Defense In Such a Better Place Than the Offense

[CHorn427]

The “better recruiting” part is nonsense.

Arch Manning was one of the biggest recruiting wins of all time.

Got 4 WRs that were 5* in one service or another last year. Wingo- 5*. TEs recruited well (including portal). OL recruiting is solid. CJ Baxter- highly recruited. Solid recruiting other than him at RB

They’re young and the defense isn’t. The coaches have said that essentially the experienced defenders like Taafe, etc can make fix bad play calls or make them look like good play calls by playing well.

On the other hand, the inexperienced offense can make good play calls look bad. For instance- the first play call vs tOSU. Schemed up very well and Arch skipped it off the turf. 
 

Offense just needs to develop with more experience 

[TexasMDcoach]

10 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

The past two years even with all the experience we have the offense wasn’t good enough to win a national title. 

Yes. My hope is that Arch has the tools to maximize Sark’s offense once he hits his full stride.  A more realistic expectation might be that we are a year away. 

[Hashtag]

4 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

The “better recruiting” part is nonsense.

Arch Manning was one of the biggest recruiting wins of all time.

Got 4 WRs that were 5* in one service or another last year. Wingo- 5*. TEs recruited well (including portal). OL recruiting is solid. CJ Baxter- highly recruited. Solid recruiting other than him at RB

They’re young and the defense isn’t. The coaches have said that essentially the experienced defenders like Taafe, etc can make fix bad play calls or make them look like good play calls by playing well.

On the other hand, the inexperienced offense can make good play calls look bad. For instance- the first play call vs tOSU. Schemed up very well and Arch skipped it off the turf. 
 

Offense just needs to develop with more experience 

We haven’t recruited offensive line near the same level we have defensive line. Running back we’ve gotten some good to really good running running backs but I wouldn’t say we have recruited an elite running back outside Baxter and now Cooper. Cook and Wingo are the only receivers you can point to as elite recruits. Outside of QB and tight end on offense you can’t point to a position and say we were elite at recruiting it. In fact I’d argue that offensive line is the weakest position group recruited on the team outside of the pancake factory group. 

[Longhorn]

4 hours ago, CHorn427 said:

The “better recruiting” part is nonsense.

Arch Manning was one of the biggest recruiting wins of all time.

Got 4 WRs that were 5* in one service or another last year. Wingo- 5*. TEs recruited well (including portal). OL recruiting is solid. CJ Baxter- highly recruited. Solid recruiting other than him at RB

They’re young and the defense isn’t. The coaches have said that essentially the experienced defenders like Taafe, etc can make fix bad play calls or make them look like good play calls by playing well.

On the other hand, the inexperienced offense can make good play calls look bad. For instance- the first play call vs tOSU. Schemed up very well and Arch skipped it off the turf. 
 

Offense just needs to develop with more experience 

I don’t think we have recruited OL well. I think we have failed a bit here 

[Hashtag]

4 hours ago, Hashtag said:

The 8-5 team offense ranked around what the semi final offenses and the 2025 offense currently rank according to FEI. This team was carried by defense both the semi finals teams that not even debatable. 

 

actually it’s kind of funny the 8-5 offense was better than the semi final teams and if i remember correctly the 8-5 offense was a top 25 redzone offense lol

 

Just looked it up and it's even better, the 2022 offense was ranked #13 in red zone offense. 


'24 - 18 offense, 11 RZ
'23: 19 offense, 89 RZ
'22: 17 offense, 13 RZ
'21 35 offense, 6 RZ

 

 

[AceHorn23]

8 hours ago, Longhorn said:

Perhaps Im wrong, but almost everything about the defense seems to be on so much better/stronger footing than the offense.

1. More stars performing well
2. Better overall performance
3. Better recruiting
4. Better quality depth
5. Better coaching
6. Better game planning

I don't think its just the old adage that defense ramps up earlier/quicker than offense. I think there is something deeper, but Im not sure.

Would love to hear your thoughts (not your insults for daring to have an honest conversation)

Thx

 

More experience and better talent. 

[Hashtag]

Just now, AceHorn23 said:

More experience and better talent. 

I know PFF isn't loved around here because it doesn't paint a pretty rose picture but the young defensive players including true freshmen are grading well vs the younger offensive players who may not even be true freshmen. 

[Hashtag]

4 hours ago, Hashtag said:

We haven’t recruited offensive line near the same level we have defensive line. Running back we’ve gotten some good to really good running running backs but I wouldn’t say we have recruited an elite running back outside Baxter and now Cooper. Cook and Wingo are the only receivers you can point to as elite recruits that are not current true freshmen. Outside of QB and tight end on offense you can’t point to a position and say we were elite at recruiting it. In fact I’d argue that offensive line is the weakest position group recruited on the team outside of the pancake factory group.